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Tom Cruise and Sean Penn
Moreland caps his effrontery by refusing to yield when the trustees decide to close the school. His cadet captains support him in this, at first, but a series of escalating incidents inevitably follows. Automatic weapons fire in the town, a truck ramming a police car, and law enforcement laying siege to the school grounds (or at least one gate of it).
Moreland caps his effrontery by refusing to yield when the trustees decide to close the school. His cadet captains support him in this, at first, but a series of escalating incidents inevitably follows. Automatic weapons fire in the town, a truck ramming a police car, and law enforcement laying siege to the school grounds (or at least one gate of it).
Tim Hutton's performance as the cadet major is continually upstaged by [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Sean Penn]]. Cruise plays a control freak with a company of red beret wearing cadets. He gets himself and Moreland killed at the end by disobeying orders and opening fire on the National Guard just as Moreland has ordered the boys to surrender. Sean Penn, the best actor in the film, plays the loyal friend of Moreland who questions the lengths they are going to.